Resume: Guillaume Dargaud



Guillaume DARGAUD

Software Engineer — System Administrator

2 rue Pasteur — 05100 Briançon — France

Cell: +39 (0)338 59 56 490

Day ph: +33 4 92 21 98 83 — Fax: +33 3 84 48 82 16

e-mail: jobs@

Born 11th July, 1969

French nationality — Trilingual — Married

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité.

1 Education

1989-'92

Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (ESE; engineering school of electricity, electronics, signal theory, computer science...). Major in Computer Science.

1987-'89

Pre-engineering school in Lyon; Baccalauréat C (math) in Lyon.

2 Expertise

1 System administration

Microsoft Windows & DOS (all versions), Unix (Linux, SGI/IRIX, OpenMosix), Apple MacIntosh OS-X, Digital Vax VMS (a long time ago)...

2 Programming

C/C++, LabWindows/CVI expert, Webmaster tools (HTML, Perl, cgi-script, DHTML data binding, PHP, Apache, IIS), Scientific computing (Matlab, Fortran, IDL, Pascal, Mathematica, OpenMosix), technical writing (WinHelp, HtmlHelp, PostScript). Use of CVS/SVN collaborative tools. Use of CgiC, GD, zlib, libpng, ligjpg, hdf, MFC, STL and many more libraries.

3 Assemblers

Texas Instrument TMS320cxx DSP, Intel 80x86, 6502.

4 Misc

Technical knowledge of GPS protocol, frame-grabbers, some satellite communication systems, real-time and multithreaded systems, multiprocessor machines, remote sensing (radars, lidars and sodars), digital signal processing, hardware level debugging (logic analyzers and oscilloscopes), GUI development...

3 Work Experience

1 CNRS

Research engineer at LPSC/IN2P3/CNRS (France) data acquisition and embedded software work on Planck satellite, CERN Alice experiment, Genepi nuclear reactor, nEDM neutron detector; since January 2007.

2 Freelance

Freelance software development for Briansoft (France); June to November 2004.

3 Colorado

Satellite radar data analysis, climate models software development, IRIX/Linux system administrator (intermediate level) and cluster consultant at CSU(*); November 2000 to August 2003.

4 Italy

Contractor at CNR-IFA. Writing of data analysis software for a Sodar; June to December 94. Design and development of an acquisition system for a weather radar on a TMS320C30 DSP , devising of a radar simulator under LabWindows/CVI on AT-MIO 16E2, improvement of Sodar software; January to December '96.

Development of data acquisition programs for PCL cards for Sodar application; March '98 to November 2000.

Development of misc applications for hardware acquisition and data analysis for radar, Global Positioning System (GPS) and frame-grabbers; '99 (second job).

Brief formation given at the University of Lecce, February 2004.

5 Alaska

Contractor at the GI-UAF developing a data analysis tool for AWS data in C++ and Mathematica. March to September '95.

6 Antarctica

National customary service. 13 months of winter-over at the French base of Dumont d'Urville for IFRTP. Set-up and maintenance of two new experiments: a Sodar for CNR-IFA and a satellite reception system for CNRM/UDC for acquisition of AWS data. Writing of all AWS acquisition software. December '92 to February '94.

Expedition to Dome C (high Antarctic plateau) to set up a Sodar and a radiation flux measurement system. Contractor for IFRTP; January & February '97.

Expedition to Dumont d'Urville to set up a weather radar for CNR/IFA and CNRM/UDC; January & February '98.

Expedition to Dome C to set up a Sodar, a lidar and turbulence measurements for CNR/IFA; December '99 to February '00.

First ever winter-over at Concordia station, in charge of 8 scientific experiments; December '04 to december '05.

7 NASA

Programmer on Vax, Mac and PC in Fortran and PostScript at NASA-GSFC doing satellite data analysis; Summer '92, '91 and '90, August '89 and July '88.

8 Translations

Several technical translations into English as a subcontractor: manager of the translation of a Syseca program (June '91), correction of the Skipper SQL manual for Business Object (December '90), translation of an expert system documentation for Gsi-Tecsi (December '89).

9 Misc.

Study of an industrial high-precision supervisory system for Kodak; April to June '92. Building of a scanning tunneling microscope as a university project; Spring '91. Writing of a sales management program for Shell-Oil; Spring '90. High-risk technical job for Elf-France (gasoline and gas train transfers); August '88.

4 Languages

1 French, English & Italian

Fluently spoken, read and written. Excellent communication skills in all three languages.

2 Spanish

Basic knowledge.

Stays in Antarctica (3 years), Australia, Ecuador, England, Italy (6 years), New-Zealand (4 months), Peru, Spain and United States (5 years). Occasional contributor to English and French language magazines.

5 Interests

1 Photography

Pictures for magazines (National Geographics, Geo...), public slide shows, edition of royalty-free CDs of images, collaborator of two stock photo agencies.

2 Writing freeware

Sports Running, biking, rock & ice & mountain climbing, skiing. Organized several first ascents and mountain climbing expeditions. Summited the world's fifth highest mountain without Sherpa or oxygen.

Up to date resume at

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AWS: Automatic Weather Station

DSP: Digital Signal Processing

GPS: Global Positioning System

SODAR: SOund Detection And Ranging

CNR-IFA: Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche — Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera — Italy

CNR-ISAC: Istituto di Scienza dell'Atmosfera — Italy

CNRM/UDC: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques — Unité Dynamique du Climat — Toulouse

CNRS: Centre National de Recherches Scientifique — France

CSU: Colorado State University — USA

ENEA: Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, Energie e l'Ambiante — Italy

GI-UAF: Geophysical Institute — University of Alaska Fairbanks — USA

IFRTP: Institut Français de la Recherche et Technologie Polaire — France

IN2P3: Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules — France

LPSC: Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et Cosmologie — France

NASA-GSFC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration — Goddard Space Flight Center — USA

PNRA: Progetto Nazionale di Ricerca en Antartide — Italy

Note: I have been involved in joint projects between CNR/IFA, CNRM/UDC, PNRA and IFRTP.

6 Publications

Pettré, S. Argentini, G. Dargaud: 1993, "Rapport de fin de campagne — programme catabatisme et climat". Report for IFRTP.

Argentini, G. Dargaud, P. Pettré: 1993, "A triaxial Doppler SODAR at Dumont d'Urville: some preliminary results". Report for IFRTP.

Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, P. Pettré, G. Dargaud: 1994, "One year measurements at Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica: Sodar Performances". Proceedings on 7th international symposium on acoustic remote sensing and associated techniques of the atmosphere and oceans, Boulder, Colorado, 3-7 October 1994, 10-1 — 10-6.

Dargaud: 1995, "Documentation of three software programs for a quick overview and analysis of Sodar data". IFA — R.I. 95-3. April 95.

Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, P. Pettré, G. Dargaud: 1996, "Sodar performances and preliminary results after one year measurements at Adélie Coast Land, east Antarctica". Boundary layer meteorology 81: 75-103, 1996.

Wendler, Ch. Stearns, G. Weidner, G. Dargaud, Th. Parish: 1997, "On the extraordinary winds of Adelie Land". Journal of geophysical research, vol. 102, no. D4, p 4463-4474, 27/2/1997.

Argentini, G. Dargaud: 1997, "A few results from Dome C 1997 pre-campaign". Rapporto sulla Campagna Antartica Estate Australe 1996-1997, Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, ANT 97/02.

Pettré, J-P Candusso, G. Dargaud: 1998, "Dome C — Study of secondary meridian circulation of high Antarctic plateau subsidence". Rapporto sulla Campagna Antartica Estate Australe 1997-1998, ANT 98/02.

R. Pirazzini, T. Georgiadis, V. Levizzani, M. Nardino, A. Orsini, R. Sozzi, S. Argentini e G. Dargaud: 1998, "Studio del bilancio di radiazione a Dome Concordia". LXXXIV Congresso Naz. SIF, 28 settembre - 2 ottobre, Salerno.

M. Nardino, T. Georgiadis, V. Levizzani, A. Orsini, R. Pirazzini, R. Sozzi, S. Argentini e G. Dargaud: 1998, "Parametrizzazioni della turbolenza locale a Dome Concordia". LXXXIV Congresso Naz. SIF, 28 settembre - 2 ottobre, Salerno.

T. Georgiadis, S. Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, G. Dargaud, A. Viola, R. Sozzi, M. Nardino, R. Pirazzini: 1999, "Boundary layer measurements at the plateau station of Dome Concordia, Antarctica". Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

C. Buontempo, G. Dargaud, S. Argentini, A. Conidi, G. Mastrantonio, R. Serraval, A. Viola: 2000, "Boundary layer data collected during MAP SOP period". IFA R.I. 2000-2, March 2000.

Georgiadis T., S. Argentini , G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, G. Dargaud, R. Sozzi, 2002; Boundary Layer convective-like activity at Dome Concordia, Antarctica. "Il Nuovo Cimento" vol. 25 C, N.4 pag. 425-431.

Contini D., Grasso F.M., G. Dargaud, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, U. Bonafé, 2006: A Modular PC-Based Multi-tone Sodar System. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote Sensing, Garmish-Partenkirchen,Germany, 18-20 July 2006, pp 66-68.

Tomasi, Claudio; Petkov, Boyan; Benedetti, Elena; Vitale, Vito; Pellegrini, Andrea; Dargaud, Guillaume; De Silvestri, Lorenzo; Grigioni, Paolo; Fossat, Eric; Roth, William L.; Valenziano, Luca, 10/2006: “Characterization of the atmospheric temperature and moisture conditions above Dome C (Antarctica) during austral summer and fall months”, Journal of Geophysical Research.

G. Dargaud: 1997, "Le grand caillou". Vertical. May 1999.

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